There is no real benefit to using feeding tubes to care for those approaching the end of life. They should be considered only as a last possible option, according to a report from the Royal College of ...

One-third of U.S. nursing home patients in the final stages of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are given feeding tubes, despite evidence that the practice serves no benefit and may even cause ...

Enteral nutrition is a cornerstone of supportive care in critically ill patients, and the methods for feeding tube placement have evolved markedly over recent decades. Early approaches relied on blind ...

Enteral nutrition what goes through a tube feeding to replace or supplement oral nutrition. If you cannot get enough nutrition by eating or drinking through your mouth, you may need a feeding tube.

Six patients at a Philadelphia nursing home had their life-supporting feeding tubes cut, according to police on Thursday. Administrators discovered the slashed tubes Wednesday morning at the ...

Gastric tubes are available in a variety of materials, sizes and configurations. The composition of a medical device should be determined by the environment in which it is meant to reside and the ...

On Terri Schiavo’s gravestone, it says she “departed this earth” on Feb. 25, 1990. Death, for most, is incontrovertible, but in Schiavo’s case, those words were the heart of an intense legal and ...

Thankfully, there is a growing body of evidence to guide determination of the distance a tube is to be inserted. In current practice, distance is externally measured to predict the internal distance ...